The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-03

Hartford was broken-hearted and left for Paris. You know what talent for drawing he had. Well, they say he swore he would become painter. Coupon took Fanny abroad so that she would forget him and when they were in Paris she went to his studio to get her portrait painted and found him starving. She nude him take money and finally got her fathers consent to their marriage. Now, was that how it was?"
 Well, not exactly. When Fanny's mother died she left her half million. Her father made her put it in the stock of that railroad he's president of. Fanny's stock with her fathers s stock gave him control, and he did as he pleased The other stockholders tried often to beat him, but they couldn't, and he ran things without consulting any one else. Well, when we were in Paris, Fanny didn't seem to trouble herself much about her lover, and her father was pretty well pleased. One day we were out chopping, and when we came to the hotel we found old Coupon pac- ing up and down the room like lion. He had crumpled cablegram in his hand. He never minded my presence bit Che never d1d care for any one but himself), but he turned to Fanny like a madman:
 Oh, you're here at last, are you? Say! have you sold any of your raii- road stock?
 Yes, father, I've sold it all.
 "'Great heavens! Do you mean to tell me that? What in the name of all the fiends made you do such thing as that without consulting meP How dared you do it?'
 You know what Fanny is. She's chip of the old block, I tell you. She stood there as calm, pulling off her gloves, and never even turned pale.
 ".Dared?' she said. I dared be- cause it was my own and because 1 am twenty-two years old. That's why l dared
 "Oh! you ought to have heard old Coupon SWear. It was just dreadful. He brought down his fist on the table and thought he would split it in two.
 You simpering idiot you. That's what a fool woman knows about busi- ness! To go and sell that stock with out saying word to me. Lord! ]! Who do you thinks got it now?'
 I suppose Skinner. the broker. 1 sold it to him. He said it wasn't every one could get stock for thirty five and sell itfor sixty
 'Sixty!! Sixty devils
 No, sixty dollars
 q thought Old Coupon would have struck her. Oh, ocaSn't he mad l don't believe either of them remem- beIed was in the room. Do you know, he shouted, that that whelp Hartford has got that stock, and that he has his plans laid to freeze me out? Do you know that you have ruined one of the most magnificent railroad deals of the cent ury? Do you know that if you had held on to that stock three months longer it would have been worth 11O? Do you know that it is ninety now? Do you see what a fool you are and that you have ruined meP'
 '"How could Hartford have got it when you said yourself that he was beggar?'
 '"Beggar be - Ooh, I can't tell you the perfectly awful language he nsed). Why man who knew where to put his hand on that stock could have raised the money for it in ten minutes in Detroit, if he were ten times beggar.'
 Don't you think you could make terms with Hartford? You used to be good friends
 'Old Coupon sat down and groaned. He dug his hands in his hair and rest ed his elbows on the table.
 "Tm real sorry said Fanny; I'll buy back the stock, if you like.'
 'Then Old Coupon jumped up and began pacing up and down, and swear ing again.
 "tHear the simpletonr he yelled. She'll buy it back! Good gracious! haven't you sense enough to know that you could as easily buy your way into Heaven? Buy back the stock! I sup pose you think it's like piece of silk that they will exchange at the store.
 "'Well,' said Fanny, with a sigh, I am afraid you will have to make some kind of terms with MG Hart ford. I'm sorry now we didn't use him better.
 "Old Coupon looked at her for a moment.
 Fanny he said, do you think he would come over ifyou cabled to himP'
 "'Oh, IcouLdn't do thing like that. Not for the eOorld.
 "'But, by George, you must do it, he cried, bringing his fist down on the table again; you have got me into this muddle, and it is your duty to do any thing you can to get me out
 "But, father, if he comes over here -he-that is-if he should
 "'Oh, hang it all, don't founder about like that. I know what you mean. If he wants to marry you, and won't give up the stock unless, then you'll have to marry him, doyou hear? won't stand any nonsense. Besides I always did dislike that rascal